[Hiring] External Quality Assurer for Sport, Exercise and Fitness @NCFE

Role Description

We’re looking for an experienced External Quality Assurer (EQA) to support the delivery and quality assurance of sport, active leisure and uniformed services vocational qualifications across our approved centres. This role focuses on education quality assurance, assessment standards, and regulatory compliance within sport-related training provision. You’ll work with training providers, colleges, and centres delivering sport and fitness qualifications, ensuring high standards of assessment, internal quality assurance (IQA), and learner outcomes.

• Conducting external quality assurance (EQA) activities across allocated centres
• Monitoring assessment practice, internal quality assurance (IQA), and learner outcomes
• Ensuring compliance with NCFE requirements, regulatory standards, and qualification frameworks
• Analysing centre performance data to assess risk, quality, and compliance
• Producing detailed quality assurance reports within SLA timelines
• Supporting centres with improvement planning, standardisation, and best practice

Qualifications

• Experience in external quality assurance (EQA), internal quality assurance (IQA), or assessment within sport or active leisure qualifications
• A recognised assessor and IQA qualification
• Experience working with vocational sport or fitness qualifications in a college, training provider, or awarding organisation environment
• Knowledge of assessment standards, regulatory compliance, and awarding organisation requirements

Requirements

• Contract: Permanent
• Location: Home based
• Hours per week: 18.5 to be worked Monday to Friday within normal business hours
• Salary: Up to £17,583 (FTE: £35,166) depending on experience

Benefits

• Annual leave starting at 25 days and increasing up to 30 days with length of service
• 8 bank holidays and an additional 3 days off during the Christmas closure
• YOU celebration day to celebrate your birthday or another life event
• YOU hour allowing you one hour per month to spend time on something that promotes your wellbeing
• Learning and Wellbeing fund of up to £200 per year
• £400 towards any NCFE accredited qualifications per year
• Up to 20 Volunteering hours per year
• Flexible working culture with a hybrid working approach
• Early finish on a Friday at 4:30pm to start your weekend early
• Health cash plan through Westfield to claim towards health costs such as dental and optical
• Tech and Home scheme with savings at Currys and IKEA
• Employee Assistance Programme with a confidential helpline and access to face to face and telephone counselling
• Pension of up to 9% employer contribution when you contribute 3%
• Death in service payment worth 4 x your salary

How to apply

Before applying, please note that we require all candidates to be able to demonstrate proof of Right to Work in the UK. Ready to join us and shape real change? Apply with your CV if you have the commitment to excel in this position.

Closing Date: Sunday 28 June 2026

Interview Date: w/c 6 July 2026

If successful in this post you will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands, and final warnings that are not protected (i.e., that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013).

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) statement

We're committed to building rich diversity into our workforce at all levels, to ensure that we understand and are representative of the communities and customers we serve. We do not discriminate against anyone due to their gender, sexuality, race, age, religion, beliefs, identity, social background, visible or hidden disability, or neurodiversity. Instead, we pride ourselves on our collaborative, vibrant and high-performance culture which embraces everyone, celebrates uniqueness, and enables everyone's voice to be heard.